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Journalism

April 29, 2013

Craig Havighurst talks about his book, "Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City," and his work as senior producer and show journalist for Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe, a syndicated weekly Americana radio show and webcast.

We talk about the similarities between sports journalism and music journalist, how radio helped to build the music industry in Nashville, the changing media landscape, the art of being a tastemaker, lessons from amateur musicians, how to build a scene, and more.

March 30, 2011

Lydia Hutchinson is the founder of Performing Songwriter magazine. We talk about how to start a business as a creative person, the ups and downs and keeping your company moving forward, the new music business, and what happens when the industry you're involved with changes. And, of course, we review music sent in from Music Business Radio listeners around the world.

Lydia is the author of the book "Letters from Lyria" and runs PerformingSongwriter.com, which is full of great stories and artists interviews.

August 20, 2007

Fett is an independent producer and engineer, owner of Azalea
Studios in Nashville. He is also Technology Editor for Performing
Songwriter Magazine.

He has worked in the music industry for more than 25 years, as a
touring musician, session player, manager, booking agent, songwriter
and music photographer. He has worked with clients as diverse as Davy
Jones of the Monkees, Grammy-winning songwriter Don Henry, and
international recording artist Clive Gregson.

November 20, 2006

Here is Episode #15 with David Gans. He started his career as a songwriter, went on to be a writer for
MIX Magazine, BAM, and Record, and got involved with the Grateful Dead
as a biographer, producer, and host of the nationally syndicated radio
show, the Grateful Dead Hour.

David talked about the art of songwriting, why the Grateful Dead has been successful, music merchandising, and a lot more.